Vaginal syringe.



G. J. KELLEY.

VAGINAL SYRINGE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2a, 1911..

'Patented Jan; 3Q, 1912.

WITNEEEEE NITEI) STATES PATEN T OFFICE.

GEORGE J. KELLEY, OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.

VAGIN AL SYRINGE.

To all 'Lv/wm z'z may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE J. KELLEY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Attleboro, in the county ofBristol and State of Massachusetts, have .invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Vaginal Syringes, of which the followino' is aspecification.

My invention relates to vaginal syringes and has for its essentialobjects compactness, adaptability for disassemblage, convenience inmanipulation and without contact of the .hand with the flow, the perfectsegregation of the clean and foul liquids during the cleansingoperation, and without the employment of suctional means, andadaptability for cleansing.

Other features of advantage will hereinafter appear in thespecifications.

My invention consists in such novel parts, combinations, and arrangementof parts as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specication, andwherein like reference characters indicate like parts throughout theviews, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my novel syringe, Fig. 2 asection on line :c of Fig. 1, F 3, an enlarged central longitudinalsection of an intermediate portion of the syringe, Fig. 4, alongitudinal section of the entire syringe, and Figs. and 6, sectionsrespectively on line y y of Fig. 3 and .e of Fig. 4.

My syringe comprises in detail two concentric tubes 1 and 2; the formeror outer tube has a closed hemispherical end 3 provided withperforations 4, and a swelled portion 5 adjacent the end provided alsowith an annular series of perforations 6. The portions 3 and 5 form ahead or nozzle. The tube is of reduced diameter at its opposite end asat 7 and is provided with external screw threads S. The exterior' of theintermediate portion of the tube is provided with a series oflongitudinally disposed grooves or channels 10 arranged around the tubethrough the bottom of which channels there occur at intervalsperforations 11. The tube 2 which is somewhat shorter than tube 1 hasalso a closed hemispherical end 13 provided with perforations 14.Located below these perforations is a disk 16 fixed at its periphery tothe inner surface of the Speccation of Letters Patent.

Application led January 23, 1911.

tube l and provided with openings 17.l

Patented Jan. 30, 1912. Serial No. 604,068.

Abutting against the inner ends of the tubes 1 and 2 is a second disk 19having annularly arranged openings 20 and provided with threads 21 uponits periphery.

A rearwardly inclined effluent or discharge tube 23 extends from therear portion of the tube 1 and is provided with a retaining knob 24 uponits end. A curved section or tube 26 has one end interiorly threaded asat 27 to engage threads 7\ and 21 and is provided with an internalannular shoulder 2S which forms a chamber 29 in the forward end of thetube 26, and constitutes a seat for a conical shapedfloating check valve30, whose plane surface or base 31 is of less diameter than the disk 19thereby permitting egress of water therearound through the openings 2Owhen the valve is unseated as shown by the arrows in Fig. 3. In closedposition the conical portion of the valve, as shown in Fig. 4, closesthe passage 33 through its seat 2S. The outer end of the curved tube isprovided with a retaining knob 35 engaged by one end of a pressure bulb36 provided withan opening 37 in which is a check valve 38 operating inthe well known manner to admit liquid to the bulb through the knob 39adapted to receive 4the usual supply pipe. An approximately cone shapedshield or protector 41 is Xed to the tube 1 near its rear end.

The operation of the device is as follows: The tube 1 is inserted intothe body, and the bulb 36 which is disposed at right angles to the tube1 and therefore out of the path of any flow from the body is compressedforcing the cleansing liquid from the bulb through the orice33, openings20, tube 2, and perforations 14, and 4. After the eX- pulsion of thewater the valve 30 drops into its seat 28 thus closing the orifice 33,and the expelled liquids enter by gravity through the variousperforations 4, 14, 6, and 11 back into the annulus between tubes 1 and2, and passes thence out through the eftluent tube 23, withoutcontaminating the liquid entering the bulb 36 through the passage 37 asthe bulb is distending preparatory for a new injection. The threadedconnection of the portion 7 and disk 19 with the forward end of the tube26 makes the disassemblage of the three parts possible and convenientfor cleansing or packing. The enlarged portion 5 of the tube 1 forms ashoulder adapt- @d t@ afford ingress of the expelled liquid through theperforations 6; while the channels lO facilitate the flow of the liquidto and through the openings 11.

1What I claim is,

1. In a vaginal syringe, the combination of an educt tube provided withopenings in its side wall andperforations at its forward end, an induettube shorter than the educt tubo fixed within the lat-ter and providedwith perforations in its forward end, a rearwardly-extended dischargetube upon the educt tube, a bulb, a tube carrvii'ig the latter andconnected with said educt tube, a disk with openings in saidbulb-carrying tube, and a valve for cooperation with said disk andhaving' a base of less diameter than the disk.

In a vaginal syringe, the combination of an educt tube provided withopenings in its side wall and perfor-ations at its forward end, aninduct tube shorter than the educt tube fixed within the latter andi'novided with perforations at its forward end, a rear wardly-extemleddischarge tube upon the educt tube, a bulb, a curved tube carr \,fingthe latter and connected with said educt tube, a disk with openingsdisposed in said curved tube, a valve for cooperation with said disk andhaving a base of less diameter than the disk, and means within saidcurved tube forming a chamber and a seat for said valve.

3. In a vaginal syringe, the combination of an educt tube provided withopenings in its side wall and perforations at its forward end, an inducttube shorter than the educt tube fixed within the latter and providedwith perforations at its forward end, a rearwardly-extended dischargetube upon the eduet tube, a bulb, a curved tube carrying the latter andconnected with said eduot tube, a. disk with openings disposed in saidcurved tube, a valve for cooperation with disk and having a base of lessdiameter than the disk and means within said curved tube, forming achamber and a seat for said valve, said disk and valve being disposedbetween said bulb and the discharge tube.

el. In a 'aginal syringe, the Combination of an eduot and an induct tubeconcentrieally disposed with relation to each other, and each providedwith perforations upon its forward end, a, third tube engaging the educttube and communicating only with the induct tube, and provided with'avalve seat, a valve in said third tube for coopera tion with the seat,means within said third tube having peripheral openings, said meansbeing of greater diameter than the base of' said valve, and a bulb uponthe third tube.

In a vaginal syringe, the combination of an eduet tube provided withexterior threads upon its rear end portion, an induet tube within theeduet tube, a disk upon the ends of the induet and educt tubes providedwith openings leading into the induet tube, a discharge tube in the sideof the educt tube, a bulb, a connecting tube upon the bulb provided withthreads adapted to engage the threads upon the educt tube, a valve seatin said connecting tube, and a valve in the last mentioned tubeintermediate the seat and the disk.

In testimony whereof I have atlixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE J. KELLEY.

lVitnesses:

Honrx'rio E. BnLLows, Groen H. MoLAUGi-ILIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

